Suspect killed by police in Pacoima identified

A man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles Police Department gang officers in the Pacoima area was identified Thursday.

Alexander Aguilar-Larios, 21, was shot Tuesday around 8:50 p.m. after running — allegedly with a handgun — from a vehicle that officers were following, police said.

According to the LAPD, officers from the Foothill Division Gang Enforcement Detail were patrolling the area of ​​Lehigh Avenue and Carl Street when they saw a dark-colored sedan speeding through the area. The officers followed the vehicle intending to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver suddenly stopped and the front passenger – Aguilar-Larios – got out “armed with a hand fund and began driving through a housing development “, indicated the police.